U.S. Raw-Steel Production
Fell 0.2% in Latest Week

a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter

Updated Dec. 16, 1997 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 0.2% for the week ended Dec. 13 to 2,158,000 tons, compared with the 2,162,000 tons produced the previous week, the American Iron and Steel Institute said.

The week's output rose 10.7% from the 1,949,000 tons produced during the year-earlier period.